Contact us at:
St. Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's Street
Worcester WR3 7HS
Please do not send important correspondance to the church as we have no postal box, please email for alternative address if required.
Please note that these are all personal phone numbers.
There is no phone in the church.
Reverend Lindsey Coulthard
Priest in Charge
Tel: 07879 366294
Email: revlindseyc@gmail.com
Ruth Scotson
Churchwarden
Tel: 07971 430758
Email: ruth.scotson@gmail.com
Kevin Maltby
Churchwarden
Tel: 07891 386063
Email: kevinmaltby@hotmail.com
Michelle Walsh
Parish Administrator
Tel: 07961 097497
Email: mwalsh.ststephens@outlook.com
Weekly Notices for Sunday 3rd November
Every week we produce a sheet that details all the events and notices in St Stephens parish.
These sheets are also put here on the website as soon as they have been produced. Therefore you can get the latest information about what is going on from the notice sheet.
You may like to find a pewsheet from the past, these can be found in our Archived Notice Sheets
Diocesan Autumn Training and Learning Programme
Futher Notices & Upcoming events
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Here are a few of the items currently needed.
PASTA, TINNED MEAT, TINNED Fish, Tinned FRUIT, TINNED RICE, Long Life fruit juice, LONG-LIFE MILK, tea bags, instant coffee, cooking oil, Toilet Rolls, Soap
For the full shopping list please visit; www.worcester.foodbank.org.uk
There is a Foodbank collection box at the back of church for any donated
items.
Foodbank –
New!
Want to support our foodbank’s use the brilliant Give Today website to order the items we urgentlyneed - these will then be delivered straight to our door? Right now we need items including baked beans,apple juice and long-life milk. You can order any of theseand more online ? https://www.givetoday.co.uk/worcesterfoodbank/
Further infomation can be found on thier website:
Please no food that needs refrigerating as the Foodbank can't accept
it.
The Foodbank are also grateful for money donations as this helps towards the rent and allows them to go and buy essentials if they run out of something.
They will also accept clean children's clothes.
Thank you for your continued support of local people in crisis.
Recycle 4 Charity
We have put a box in the entrance area of the church for collecting used ink jet cartridges for the benefit of Christian Aid. A contribution of £1.00 will be made to Christian Aid for each cartridge recycled. Everyone is invited to drop off their old cartridges (and those of their friends), of any make. (Unfortunately, the scheme does not include laser or toner cartridges)
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A Better Way to Give Regularly to the Church
The Church of England has introduced a new Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), administered by a charity controlled by various Dioceses and based in Gloucester. The new scheme should be a
win-win situation – better for givers, and better for the church. We are asking for a few people to sign-up initially, before we encourage more general take-up.
PGS collect regular donations on the First of the month by Direct Debit, and then on a monthly basis recover the
associated Gift Aid if appropriate. The monies are paid over in full and the Diocese covers the cost.
The intention is to reduce the amount of administrative work done within the Parish. At present we have to record 81
standing orders each month and then complete a HMCE form to recover Gift Aid every quarter.
The Treasurer has set up his own payment with PGS and reports that it has run smoothly on the first two monthly payments
PGS have collected!
There is a small supply of booklets at the back of Church. If you want to know more, speak to Andy or Richard Hemmings, or look at PGS’s website: www.parishgivingscheme.org.uk